This modern castle sat empty for decades before a fire inspired its builders to complete its luxury halls.

This tombstone marks the final resting place of the beloved 1990's character, Ernest P. Worrell.

This titanic Catholic church in Chicago is also a refuge of the fictional cult-favorite wizard detective Harry Dresden.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

The largest cemetery in Louisville is the final resting place of Col. Sanders and Muhammad Ali.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

On the right bank of the Grand River a plaque remembers an imaginary painter who once awaited his youth.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.

A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district.

A lesser-known part of the Kinsey Institute is this impressive collection of art, artifacts, and material culture related to human sexuality.

A flamboyantly decorated bridge signals diversity and fellowship at the entry to Indianapolis' Broad Ripple Village.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

Otherworldly rock formations and ancient fossils abound in this unique stretch of Nebraska badlands.

This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.